Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Smith Ritchey, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Smith Ritchey registered to vote in Grayson County on September 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 10 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Smith Ritchey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Smith Ritchey
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 13
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSmith Ritchey reported 11 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Ritchey in Grayson County
- Ruben Ritcheyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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